When Plaintive Carbon past Mourning

#226753 RGB(34,103,83)

About this color

When Plaintive Carbon past Mourning carries its coordinates at #226753: a dark cyan with vivid saturation.

#226753RGB(34, 103, 83)

HSL 163° · 50% saturation · 27% lightness

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Psychology

In deeper registers cyan reads as focused and efficient — a colour of systems and clarity.

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History

Cyan as a printing ink became central to modern colour reproduction — the C in CMYK — because its complement to red allows the full printable colour range.

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Design use

As a dark tone, it naturally lends itself to a background for light-coloured text, as a deep accent stripe, or as an anchoring tone in dark-mode interfaces. It pairs naturally with off-whites, warm creams, and metallic highlights.

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Colour pairings

For palette building, cyan complements warm reds and red-oranges — a palette of technological energy. For calmer use, pair with white, light grey, and the lightest tints of the same hue.

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Color Categories

Color formats

Name
When Plaintive Carbon past Mourning
HEX
#226753
RGB
rgb(34,103,83)
RGB%
rgb(13.3%,40.4%,32.5%)
HSL
hsl(163,50%,27%)
HSV
hsv(163,67%,40%)
CMYK
cmyk(67,0,19,60)
LAB
lab(39,-27,5)
LCH
lch(39,27,170)
sRGB
(0.133,0.404,0.325)
HEX8
#226753ff
CSS Name
Decimal
034103083

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Color info

Lightness
27%
Saturation
50%
Hue
163°
Chroma
27
Temperature
WarmCool
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